The same people who say a day is a long time in politics have also been overheard saying that ten years is a long time in television. In 2005 the world had never heard of Facebook, the iPhone or Justin Bieber. The USA had never had a black President, Greece still had money, there were no new episodes of Friends and networks were desperate to find their next big hit. They brutally culled shows including Everybody Loves Raymond, Andromeda, NYPD Blue, The Osbournes, Six Feet Under, Tru Calling, and Star Trek: Enterprise, which went straight into syndication but left some pretty big holes in the schedule. So what shows did Fox, NBC, CBS, Comedy Central and others give debuts to a decade ago? Some of the most popular programmes in recent living memory. True, not all of them have managed to go the distance but they all made an impression and thanks to today's on-demand technology many are finding brand new audiences today. Time has flown and there's a very good chance you will have forgotten at least one of these shows on this list. Here's a fond look back at 2005 on telly. A time when MySpace was king, Lance Armstrong was still a hero, and Tom Cruise was jumping on Oprah's sofa to prove he was in love with that woman off Dawson's Creek.
